From McClatchy Newspapers:
WASHINGTON — It may be highly improbable mathematically, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that the encoded profanity contained in one of his veto letters was “a wild coincidence.”Speaking to reporters at the White House, the Republican governor said: “That was a total coincidence. It was one of those wild coincidences.”
The first letter in seven lines of the message, when read from top to bottom, combine to spell out “F--- you.”
I know just how Arnie feels. Back when the world was young the Army newspaper I edited ran a little re-enlistment ad that read as follows: “Follow Unusual Careers! Keep the High Esteem and Ready-Made, Year-round security offered you, etc., etc.”
I didn’t even bother to claim coincidence when the Counterintelligence Corps investigators grilled me in a soundproof room with a picture of President Eisenhower grinning down at me. I just took my two weeks’ company punishment and glad to get it, since the original charges had been incitement to riot, incitement to mutiny, conduct unbecoming a soldier, and sending obscene material through the mails.
No doubt I would have wound up in Leavenworth if my commanding officer hadn’t picked up the idea somehow that I might be related to General Jimmy Doolittle, the World War II hero.
Frankly, I have trouble believing Ahnuld is that clever.
Posted by: Roddy McCorley on October 31, 2009 1:33 PMOh come on Roddy, You know that a Republican ain't bright enough to write his own letters. His staff does that. Probably someone there who was hurt by Arnold's policies, or maybe one of his or her relatives were.
Posted by: Buck on October 31, 2009 6:05 PM